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SYAMUEL s. RAIN, or LOWYILILE, NEW YORK. Letters .Patent No. 68,651, dated September 10, 1867..

i IMPROVEMENT IN ANIMAL TBAPAS.

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Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. RIN, o f Ijowville,`in the county of Leiris, .State of NewYork, have invented n new and useful Improvement in Animal Traps; vund I do hereby declare the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the construction and opera tion .of the same, reference being had `to the annexed drawi ings, making part of this specification, in whichu V Figure I is o. perspective view 'of the trupmvith the coge raised und set with catch baited.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the lock und 'catch as set.

Figure 3 represent-s the trnp as sprung to catch the unimnl, und t Figure 4 is a half-nnd-half plan v.flew of the irnprcvement, thc lettering representing similar parts ineach figure.

A is o. square bed-plnte'of some hard wood or metal, to which is firmly attached the gallows standard B ofV round iron. Sliding vertically' upon this wire standard is the metal cross-bnr C, vwhichhas at each enda- `sleeve firmly secured, encircling the vertical purts of B, yet sliding upon the same. Encircling the lower parts of those vertical portions oi' the gallows stu-ndord B are :t couple of spiral Wire springs, Gr` G, made fest to the'` bottom oi' the stsnrlard nt H. und also to the sleeves D D, upon the cross-bnr, in such n. mannetas to retain 2C at the position shown in fig. 3, when not distal-:Lined `to the contrary. I is a wire cage, securedat its toplto the i' ,cross-bnr et E in any proper manner. Depending from the top of this onge is a centrependant, F, made firm l to the top of the enge and cross-bnr; Attached to the lower end of F isometnl lookwhich connects it'with the bose A at the point K by n staple. ThisVloc-k consists of the two metal pieces I and 2, hsvinga, hinge-joint nt 3, and fastened to the pendant F by a. pivot-joint at J. 4 is a, loose strip of metal-attached to the upper portions ot' this hinge-joint by n staple nt 1. Upon the lower pnt-t of this hinge-joint, and secured to the sume by :mother staple, is the hait-hook, as shown at'. i

Operation.

Grasping the horizontal part of the gnllows standard with the palm of the Vhand,tl1e cross-har, with its;`

attached cage, is raised with the ngers until the said bur is Vnear the top of the stnndordj'hy `so doing `the hinged-strip connecting the pendant F with the bese A is raised to nearly a. vertical position. The loose strip i l 4 is ,then brought down upon 1-3, and secured in this position by catching its lower end on the lip of the b at- -hook 5, Upon removnlof the hand from B and C, the whole will be found retained in position as shown in iig.

1. The trop is now furnished with some proper bait upon the end of`5, and placed in the -locolity frequented by the animals, who, in their search for food, nibble at the bait thus left'forthe'm. A slight motionof this catch releases the strip 4. whose freedom releases the hinge nt 3, und thus the rest of the parts, viz, pendant, cage, and cross-har, being relieved of their support, nre at once brought to th position shown at g. 3, by the recoil of the springs` G G, and thus affording e very effectual means of entrspping the little rascals.`

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention, what I claimg'land desire to secure by Letters Potent, is-vr The use of the suspended cage I, attached to the cross-bar C, together with the pendant F and the look t SAMUEL s. RAIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN JAY Knox, F. LEONARD. 

